Cannon Fire - The Legend of the Ghost Train - E-book - ePub

1862 -Maxwell Ryder refused to honor a prearranged marriage with Penelope Walker. Instead, he fell madly in love with her younger brother, Jeremiah. When Maxwell returned to his regiment, Penelope planned the murder of her brother. Hiding his body where no one would ever find it. Maxwell died during a Civil War battle never knowing what happened to his love. Present -Luke Ryder was the last descendant of the Ryder family.
It was on his watch that the family's great home, White Oak Manor, was sold to a rich business man named, Jacob Walker. He hated Jacob before he ever met him, but after, Jacob asked him to join in the restoration of the old manor, their time together brought them closer and love started to bloom. Jacob Walker and his sister Trisha, own their own business, buying and restoring classic homes. Jacob fell in love with White Oaks Manor before he ever met the man who had to sell it to him.
Luke Ryder was nothing like any of the men Jacob had ever known. He was charming, funny, and very passionate about his family's heritage. As the two work together, the attraction between them grows stronger. Then strange things begin to happen at the manor. People being injured, cold winds, and wild screams during the night. Trisha seeing a woman's ghost that warns her to keep her brother away from Luke Ryder.
Jacob has strange dreams of his own. None of them know of the impending danger that is watching over them. Penelope Walker was made a fool of once. Condemned to haunt White Oaks Manor where her brother's body is hidden, she kept Maxwell and Jeremiah apart in life and she sure in hell isn't going to let them be together in death. Can Luke and Jacob save themselves, and the lovers from the past before Penelope reeks her vengeance again?